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California car dealership mistake ends with innocent driver held by police at gunpoint

A car dealership’s clerical error led California police to arrest an innocent man at gunpoint in a terrifying mix-up. Driver Jamie Rodgers can be seen with his hands in the air on side of the highway just before a cadre of officers armed with rifles and pistols approach him on dash cam footage provided to Fox 11 by the Orange …

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California man falls 300 feet to death while hiking with wife along Oregon coast

A 69-year-old man fell over 300 feet to his death on Sunday while hiking with his wife along Oregon’s scenic southern coast, authorities said. The hiker, identified as Richard Ehrhart from San Jose, California, had gotten separated from his wife as the pair hiked the coastal trail near Natural Bridges, about twelve miles north of Brookings, the Curry County Sheriff’s …

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Bottlenose dolphin found shot to death in southwest Louisiana

Up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading to a criminal conviction or civil penalty involving a dolphin that was found shot to death in southwest Louisiana. MORE THAN 100 DOLPHINS, THOUSANDS OF FISH FOUND DEAD AS BRAZILIAN GOVERNOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY Federal wildlife officials, in a news release Monday, said a juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found shot …

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USDA raises school nutrition standards in attempt to fight diet-related disease

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new rules limiting the sugar and sodium content of meals served to millions of children at U.S. public schools. The standards unveiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are part of President Joe Biden’s broader effort to combat diet-related disease such as childhood obesity. “We all share the goal of helping children reach their …

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Washington mother accused of killing, stabbing 4-year-old son 41 times: report

A Washington state mother was accused of savagely murdering her 4-year-old son by stabbing her young child 41 times, according to court documents obtained by Fox 13. Janet Garcia, 27, was charged with first-degree murder on Friday in the death of her son, Ariel Garcia, in Everett, Washington in March 27. Charging documents initially identified 16 “sharp force wounds,” but …

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New evidence in Georgia couple's killing reeled in while magnet fishing in creek

Someone using a magnet to fish for metal objects in a Georgia creek pulled up a rifle as well as some lost belongings of a couple found slain in the same area more than nine years ago. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says driver’s licenses, credit cards and other items dragged from Horse Creek in rural Telfair County are “new …

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Oklahoma fisherman believed friend was going to 'sacrifice' him to 'Bigfoot'

A fisherman admitted to killing his buddy because he planned to feed him to Bigfoot after summoning the mythical creature, according to Oklahoma prosecutors. Larry Sanders was fishing with his friend Jimmy Knighten in the South Canadian River in Ponotomac County, Oklahoma, when Sanders suddenly strangled Knighten after claiming to see Sasquatch-looking creatures down stream. “So, his statement was that …

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Anti-Israel campus protesters make demand of administrators, vow to stay put until universities meet it

Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are forming anti-Israel protest encampments with a unified demand that their schools stop doing business with Israel. Inspired by ongoing protests and the arrests last week of more than 100 students at Columbia University in New York City, seen at the epicenter of the ongoing demonstrations, students from Massachusetts to …

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UNC Health pilot, physician hospitalized after small plane crash

A physician and pilot were injured Wednesday following a small plane crash at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, UNC Health and RDU Airport confirmed. The aircraft involved was a UNC Air Operations medical plane that was returning Dr. Paul Chelminski, an internal medicine physician with UNC Health, from a lecture he gave to medical staff at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical …

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Oklahoma man with ammo in Turks and Caicos airport faces 12 years in prison: 'Risk of losing everything'

An Oklahoma man is facing up to 12 years in prison for having ammunition in his carry-on bag at a Turks and Caicos airport, according to a GoFundMe page for his family. Ryan and Valerie Watson, the parents of two young children, were flying home from their island vacation, where they were celebrating a friend’s 40th birthday, on April 12 …

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